South Africa vs Australia
After the interesting semi-final between India and New Zealand, now it is the turn of the second semi-final which will be played between South Africa and Australia in Kolkata.
From Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, the caravan has now reached Eden Gardens in Kolkata. Where two brave teams South Africa and Australia will take on each other. The second semi-final of World Cup 2023, both the star-studded teams… Fans are going to see another high-voltage match today. Both South Africa and Australia teams are in red-hot form. However, the journey of one team is going to end on 16th November in Kolkata.
Toss is very important in big matches like the semi-finals. In this match, South African captain Temba Bavuma won the toss and decided to bat first. In this match, captain Bavuma included Tabrez Shamsi in place of Lungi Ngidi. Australian captain Pat Cummins also made two changes in the team, Marcus Stoinis and Sean Abbott did not get a place in the playing 11. In place of these two players, Glenn Maxwell and Mitchell Starc returned to the Kangaroo team. Temba Bavuma was not 100 percent fit for the match, yet he came out to play. He said this during the toss.
There is a semi-final match between Australia and South Africa today (16 November) at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. Whichever team wins this match, will face India on 19th November. In this World Cup, both the teams faced each other on 12 October. Where the African team had defeated Australia by 134 runs.